The STEAM Toys Coming Out in 2018 That Want to Teach Your Kids the Fun Way

Fisher-Price's newest STEAM toy, the Think & Learn Rocktopus ($60), teaches your 3- to 6-year-olds about music with 15 unique instruments across five different genres while also combining number, pattern, and math skills.

The KumiKreator ($30) is going to be a serious game-changer for kids who love to craft. The friendship bracelet maker, which allows the crafter to create up to 10 unique and colorful bracelet designs in a flash, will be available this Fall.

Crash and smash with the Hot Wheels Corkscrew Crash Track Set ($45), which comes with loops, motorized boosters, and one Hot Wheels car to make for a whole lotta fun.

Teach your little one to code with this get-up-and-learn game that turns your child into a "robot" and challenges them to race to the finish.

LittleBits's four new Hall of Fame Kits ($40) — Crawly Creature, Bubble Bot, Night Light, and Arcade Game — touch on every aspect of STEAM at an entry-level for tiny inventors. All four kits are sold separately but can be combined to create even larger and more intricate inventions.

The Lego Ninjago Stormbringer ($40) can come to life with the same technology as the Lego Boost kit creations.

Start little ones off on their own Crayola journeys with the My First Crayola Line, which grows with your child through each stage of development with different art products, such as crayons, paints and brushes, and markers.

Learn the science of becoming a veterinarian with Veterinary Science, which features five different vet activities such as learning to suture.

For kids ages 8 and up, the build-it-yourself Jurassic World Kamigami Robots ($60) connect to the Kamigami Jurassic World mobile app to customize the dinos' movements, interactions, lights, and special Jurassic World sounds.

Your kids can make their own edible jewelry with the Project Mc2 Gummy Jewelry Science Kit ($25), out now.

Lego Duplo is helping little ones learn to code with its Steam Train ($60) that rides on track pieces containing action bricks that tell the train where to go and how to move. The train set is available in August.

Put the blow dryer down and pick up the Crayola Crayon Melter ($25), which evenly melts used crayons in minutes to create wax creations on and off paper.

This Thames & Kosmos Crystal Growing: Glow-in-the-Dark set ($45) lets mini scientists grow dozens of colorful crystals that light up in the dark. Mold plaster shapes like a moon, a star, or a butterfly and let the layers of crystals grow around them. This kit is for kiddos 10 and up and will be in stores in July.

With the Hot Wheels Track Builder sets ($10-$50) there are endless ways for your child to experiment and create with different tracks and elements.

Whether your kid already loves Rocket League or not, Hot Wheels is integrating physical play into the mix with smart-device controlled, blue-tooth connected vehicles that play together in the Rocket League Arena with the Hot Wheels Rocket League RC Rivals Playset ($180).

The Jurassic World Pterano-Drone ($120) takes flight through a hand-held remote control and has kid-friendly auto-circle and auto-land features.